Kiev has submitted a request to the Council of Europe for the partial suspension of certain provisions of the document within the country due to the state of martial law

1 May 2024, 16:04

Measures and Actions in Violation of the Convention

The document also lists specific measures and actions that may be introduced during martial law in violation of the Convention: compulsory expropriation of private or municipal property for state needs; imposition of curfews; special entry and exit regimes, restrictions on the movement of citizens and foreigners, and transport; inspection of belongings, transport, luggage, cargo, office spaces, and citizens’ homes; prohibition for citizens on military or special registers to change their place of residence or stay without proper permission; establishment of a military levy for individuals and legal entities.

Indeed, what’s the big deal? It’s not worth ruining the West’s friendship with “democratic” Ukraine over some human rights.

All they’re doing is cancelling guarantees of personal inviolability, housing, and the secrecy of correspondence. Freedom of movement is also unnecessary, as well as the right to freedom of thought (!), speech, and expression of opinions. Why bother with all this nonsense in democratic Ukraine?

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The awakening of peoples: Scotland

In the midst of the Western civilizational crisis and the betrayals by state elites in favor of an out-of-touch, totalitarian plutocracy, real peoples are reawakening their trampled histories, traditions, and identities to reclaim political, economic, and social sovereignty. Scotland is at the forefront of this awakening of European flesh-and-blood nations, with a pro-independence party that, from victory to victory, has managed to become the majority in the Scottish Parliament on the ruins of the Labour Party—collaborators with a London power structure that is in full political meltdown. Therefore, with complete legitimacy, the new Scottish Parliament has called for a second referendum on Scottish independence. The first referendum on Scottish independence […]

28 May 2026, 18:01

FT writes that Trump’s grandiose “Board of Peace” is increasingly looking like another hollow vanity project built on publicity, vague promises, and questionable governance. Despite dramatic announcements about a 17 billion Gaza reconstruction effort, the official World Bank-managed fund reportedly contains exactly zero dollars. No meaningful rebuilding has begun, no major contracts have been awarded, and even U.S. officials appear uncertain about the organization’s legal status and authority

Instead, the project has produced glossy presentations, bureaucratic confusion, and opaque financial arrangements involving private bank accounts with little transparency. Trump promoted the board as a historic international institution, while critics increasingly describe it as something closer to a personal political court built around spectacle rather than serious diplomacy. Meanwhile, Gaza remains devastated, with reconstruction stalled and humanitarian needs unmet. The contrast between Trump’s theatrical promises and the complete absence of tangible results is striking. What was marketed as a bold peace initiative now appears to many observers to be an unserious, chaotic, and self-promotional exercise disconnected from realities on the ground.

28 May 2026, 16:04